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02-14-2012, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
I don't worry too much about backtack or reverse...I just make the first stitches really small, and then lengthen them to the longer stitch...
Joe, then trade one of your 66 treadles for a 15-88 treadle! I use my 15-88 all the time because it has a beautiful stitch, drops its feed dogs, and it has reverse! So cool to treadle a machine with a back tack and FM! I also treadle my 319w, which not only has reverse, but it has lots and lots of decorative stitches!
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So I put it in my 66 Treadle #1 and went to sewing. Didn't even change hand wheels. I have lots of machines that can run on a treadle base, but I have a personality quirk. If a machine comes in case or a treadle, that machine will stay there. So to use one of the other machines I'll need to find a treadle with no head.
As for the putting the 319 in a treadle I suggested it to my wife and her response was: "NO!". Accompanied with a glare usually reserved for her boss. ( I think we'll table that idea.)
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02-14-2012, 12:16 PM
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Wow, what a simple idea. I think I'll try it. Now we get to see if Joe can treadle with his feet, guide the material with his left hand and adjust the stitch length with his right hand .... all at the same time simultaneously. That might be fun to watch. LOL
When I dug out mom's old HOTHER and wanted to sew with it I didn't have a case for it. The original had fallen apart. The motor had also died and I didn't have another one either.
So I put it in my 66 Treadle #1 and went to sewing. Didn't even change hand wheels. I have lots of machines that can run on a treadle base, but I have a personality quirk. If a machine comes in case or a treadle, that machine will stay there. So to use one of the other machines I'll need to find a treadle with no head.
As for the putting the 319 in a treadle I suggested it to my wife and her response was: "NO!". Accompanied with a glare usually reserved for her boss. ( I think we'll table that idea.)
Joe
When I dug out mom's old HOTHER and wanted to sew with it I didn't have a case for it. The original had fallen apart. The motor had also died and I didn't have another one either.
So I put it in my 66 Treadle #1 and went to sewing. Didn't even change hand wheels. I have lots of machines that can run on a treadle base, but I have a personality quirk. If a machine comes in case or a treadle, that machine will stay there. So to use one of the other machines I'll need to find a treadle with no head.
As for the putting the 319 in a treadle I suggested it to my wife and her response was: "NO!". Accompanied with a glare usually reserved for her boss. ( I think we'll table that idea.)
Joe
02-14-2012, 12:20 PM
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See if your Sewmor fits into one of your treadles. It looks like can be treadled without having to change the wheel.
I treadle a 201 that doesn't have a spoke wheel. Purplefiend does too; from one of her posting of her 201 in treadle, I learned that it could be done.
I treadle a 201 that doesn't have a spoke wheel. Purplefiend does too; from one of her posting of her 201 in treadle, I learned that it could be done.
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02-14-2012, 12:25 PM
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To go slow you need a machine with a good strong motor and a responsive foot controller. My HOTHER is such a machine as is several others. I can feather the throttle on them and sew very slow.
I haven't mastered "slow" on a treadle yet. When I try the thing stalls on me.
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02-14-2012, 12:36 PM
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Miriam,
Places like Sew-Classic sell spoked hand wheels and the hand crank kits. Once installed you use your original bobbin winder. They drive off the wheel just like before.
Do you have any parts left from any of the machines? I'm looking for a rotary oscillator, a thread take-up lever assembly and feed dog screw for my 99K.
I could also use a motor and wiring assembly for it if you had any.
And I need a motor for a 66-18.
OK, that's enough mooching.
I took Rusty apart as far as I have because I had to get the rust out of all the joints and connections. One of those things that if I didn't have to, I wouldn't have.
Joe
Places like Sew-Classic sell spoked hand wheels and the hand crank kits. Once installed you use your original bobbin winder. They drive off the wheel just like before.
Do you have any parts left from any of the machines? I'm looking for a rotary oscillator, a thread take-up lever assembly and feed dog screw for my 99K.
I could also use a motor and wiring assembly for it if you had any.
And I need a motor for a 66-18.
OK, that's enough mooching.
I took Rusty apart as far as I have because I had to get the rust out of all the joints and connections. One of those things that if I didn't have to, I wouldn't have.
Joe
02-14-2012, 01:43 PM
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02-14-2012, 02:16 PM
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Joe,
Juki made your Sewmatic/Hother machine-which you already knew.
Although this isn't the exact machine like the one you own, I thought you would find this interesting for comparison:boulder.craigslist.org/for/2822808036.html
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Juki made your Sewmatic/Hother machine-which you already knew.
Although this isn't the exact machine like the one you own, I thought you would find this interesting for comparison:boulder.craigslist.org/for/2822808036.html
[ATTACH=CONFIG]311871[/ATTACH]
02-14-2012, 02:48 PM
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Nancy,
Glad to see that you played with your decorative stitches on your 401A. They are fun machines!
I have to ask. Which machine to you prefer, the 401 or 501 Rocketeer?
Glad to see that you played with your decorative stitches on your 401A. They are fun machines!
I have to ask. Which machine to you prefer, the 401 or 501 Rocketeer?
02-14-2012, 02:58 PM
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I just got a Free Westinghouse sewing machine Type E. Seriel number LB271394. I can not find any info on it. Can anyone help? Kathie
02-14-2012, 03:00 PM
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Janice, did you see the ad on Craigslist yesterday for a black 301 in a cabinet with a ton of attachments, buttonholers, walking foot, etc.? The guy posted the ad in both English and Spanish and said "make offer." I had a Mystery Block of the Month yesterday. When I got back, I looked in Craigslist and the ad was already gone! Go figure! I hope someone on here got the machine with all the loot!
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